Unsinkable: A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Seas

Unsinkable: A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Seas
More people have fown into outer space than have sailed solor around the world. In Unsinkable, readers follow Abby Sunderland into three depths.
This biography delivers a gripping and evocative firsthand accoun... Read More

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More people have fown into outer space than have sailed solor around the world. In Unsinkable, readers follow Abby Sunderland into three depths.

This biography delivers a gripping and evocative firsthand account that starts prior to her departure, travels her daring and sometimes near death encounters on the open sea, and her dramatic rescue in the remotest corner of the Indian Ocean, and the media explosion that happened upon her return to dry land.

Along the way, readers discover what it means to boldly face any challenge, to strive after something grate, and to plumb the depts of faith, fear and desperation to emerge changed, renewed and emboldened.

About the Authors

Abby Sunderlandis the second of eight children in a family of sailors and adventurers. In 2007, at age 13, Abby discovered her dream of sailing solo around the world and was inspired by her brother Zac's successful circumnavigation in 2009. Her own journey, in 2010, ended in the Indian Ocean when a rogue wave rolled her sailboat, Wild Eyes. Abby now shares her story of tenacity and courage to audiences everywhere.

Lynn Vincent is the New York Times bestselling writer of both Same Kind of Different as Me and Heaven is For Real, as well as, most recently, Going Rogue: An American Life, the memoir of former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. The author or coauthor of nine books, Vincent worked for eleven years as senior writer, then features editor, at the national news biweekly WORLD Magazine where she covered politics, culture, and current events. A U.S. Navy veteran, Lynn is also a lecturer in writing at the World Journalism Institute and at The King's College in New York City. She lives in San Diego, California.